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# **When to Listen to Handel or Bach: Psychological States and Life Circumstances** Although Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel were born in the same year, wrote within the same stylistic universe, and…

# **The Psychological Profile of Baroque Music Lovers — And a Narrative Guide to Its Music for Every Emotional State** Lovers of Baroque music form one of the most distinctive psychological communities in the…

# **The Psychological Profile of Bach Lovers — And a Narrative Guide to His Music for Every Emotional State ** **People who are drawn with special intensity to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach…

# **The Psychological Profile of Haydn Lovers — And a Narrative Guide to His Music for Every Emotional State** Lovers of Joseph Haydn form a unique psychological group within the world of classical-music listeners.…

# **The Psychological Profile of Schubert Lovers — And a Narrative Guide to His Music for Every Emotional State** People who feel a deep connection to Schubert often possess one of the most distinctive…

# **The Psychological Profile of Beethoven Lovers — And a Narrative Guide to Beethoven’s Music for Every Emotional State** People who feel a deep, lifelong connection to Beethoven often share a distinct psychological profile—one…

# **A Psychological Portrait of Mozart Lovers — And a Guide to Mozart’s Works for Every Emotional State** Studies in musical psychology (North, Hargreaves, Rentfrow, Gosling, Levitin, Levitin) consistently show that those who feel…

# **The Psychological Profile Typically Associated with Brahms Lovers** Research in musical psychology (especially North, Huron, and Rentfrow & Gosling) consistently shows that people who love Brahms tend to share several distinct personality traits.…

# **ANECDOTES ABOUT KATHLEEN BATTLE** *The angelic voice, the perfectionist temperament, the legend of impossible beauty* ## **1. The Telephone Audition that Started Everything** Kathleen Battle’s first professional break came when conductor Thomas Schippers…

# **KATHLEEN BATTLE vs. JESSYE NORMAN** Two Voices, Two Worlds, One of the Greatest Rivalries in Modern Opera** In the history of opera, rivalries often emerge from vocal similarity, competition for the same roles,…

# **Carlos Kleiber: A Brilliant Myth, and a Director Ultimately Overrated** Few conductors of the 20th century have inspired such a disproportionate level of mystique as **Carlos Kleiber**. His reputation has grown into something…

# **Pauline Viardot — A Life in 20 Chapters** **The Voice of Europe, The Muse of Composers, and One of the Most Influential Artists of the 19th Century** ## **Chapter 1 — A Childhood…

# **Mendelssohn - The Young Felix Mendelssohn - The Atlantis Ensemble - Original Instruments ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-145088126?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-145088126?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1** **Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 1 (1824)** 1 Allegro vivace 2 Adagio 3 Scherzo -…

# **Baldassare Galuppi - Il mondo alla roversa - Opera - 1750 - Diego Fasolis** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/baldassare-il-145072446?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/baldassare-il-145072446?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) [https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/jan02/Galuppi.htm](https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/jan02/Galuppi.htm) **A Comic Opera of Social Inversion and Enlightenment Wit** **Baldassare Galuppi** (1706–1785), one of the central architects…

# THE BACH CANTATAS — LEONHARDT & HARNONCOURT AND A NARRATIVE COMPARISON WITH OTHER COMPLETE CYCLES When **Gustav Leonhardt** and **Nikolaus Harnoncourt** began recording the Bach cantatas in **1971**, the world of Baroque performance…

# **MARIA CALLAS AND HER HEROINES** Maria Callas lived her art so completely that the boundary between the woman and the characters she portrayed dissolved into something fluid, unstable, and profoundly revealing. To watch…

# **EPIDEMIC TYPHUS: THE GREAT DISEASE OF THE BAROQUE (1600–1750)** *Why it eclipsed even plague in shaping society, war, culture, and the emotional world of Baroque Europe* **NOTE: Typhus, not to be confused with…

# **MICHAEL VOGL (1768–1840): THE DEVOTED MENTOR-FRIEND** ## **I. Origins, Early Formation, and the Making of a Viennese Baritone** Michael Vogl was born on **August 10, 1768**, in the Upper Austrian market town of…

# **LOUIS SPOHR — A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** ## **Chapter I — Brunswick Beginnings (1784–1790)** Louis Spohr was born on 5 April 1784 in **Brunswick**, into a cultivated and musically sensitive household. His…

# **EDITH MATHIS — A LIFE** **Edith Mathis** ( [Lucerne](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucerna_(ciudad)) , February 11, 1938 – [Salzburg](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburgo) , February 9, 2025) was a [Swiss ](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suiza)[soprano](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soprano) ## **I. Early Life and Musical Beginnings (1938–1956)** Edith Mathis…

# **George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) - Flavio, re de' Longobardi - **Opera in 3 acts (London, 1723) (HWV 16) libretto**: Nicola Francesco Haym - Concerto Köln - Benjamin Bayl ** [[[https://www.patreon.com/posts/george-frideric-144597458?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/george-frideric-144597458?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/george-frideric-144597458?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/george-frideric-144597458?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Julia Lezhneva**, soprano…

# **A PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT OF FELIX MENDELSSOHN IN HIS FINAL YEAR (1847)** Felix Mendelssohn’s final year unfolded like a slow-breaking storm. On the surface he remained the elegant Kapellmeister of Leipzig — refined, disciplined,…

# **THE DEATH OF FELIX MENDELSSOHN — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** Felix Mendelssohn’s final weeks in the autumn of **1847** form one of the most tragic and bewildering chapters in 19th-century musical history. The composer…

# **HANDEL’S FUNERAL AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY — A FULL NARRATIVE**A ## **I. London in Mourning — April 1759** In the days following George Frideric Handel’s death on the morning of **April 14, 1759**, London…